Analysis of the role of the hidden curriculum components in strengthening of students’ academic identity (Case study of Bonab Islamic Azad University)

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Mohammad Ali Mojallal Choboglu ¹ , Elham Tamjid tash ²

1 - Assistant professor & faculty member Islamic Azad University at Bonab branch
2 - Member of Young Researchers’ Club in Islamic Azad University at Bonab

Received: 2011-11-06 Accepted : 2012-01-30 Published : 2012-02-20

Keywords: Curriculum, hidden curriculum, Academic identity- University,

Abstract :

         The hidden curriculum has considerable role in the quality of students’ academic behaviors strengthening. And it has more importance, the analysis of its causing factors as an opportunity and an effective factor in promotional of students’ academic behaviors. The author tries to consider the role of the hidden lesson plan components (architecture and quality of the university building, social and official structure of the university, interaction between academic members and students and the relation between students and staff) in strengthening of students’ academic identity as a sample in Bonab Islamic Azad University. This research is an applied one and it was used the questionnaire for data gathering which consisted of 44 question in the field of hidden lesson plan, and according to Likert spectrum ( very low, low, moderate, high, very high) every question had been scored. The statistical community of this research consists of 8000 students of Bonab Islamic Azad University and the capacity of the sample computed 260 according to Cochran formula and they were selected categorical and by chance. For analyzing of the data gathering, it is used descriptive statistical indexes as: frequency, mean and for expressing of differences it is used Z- parametric and deductive chi square non parametric statistical test. It is used lesson planning professors’ views in order to estimate of the questionnaire currency. Also for determining questionnaire constancy, it is asked from 20 students to give their view about the question 2 times in common. The constancy coefficient computed by students for completed questionnaire was equal with (+0/94) and it is the sign of its trust, it means the correlation between questionnaire information is resulted from their actual views and there are not any other factors in it.  The descriptive statistical index as frequency and mean was used for analysis of the gathered data and Z parametric and chi square non parametric deductive statistical tests were used to explain the differences. The components of the hidden lesson plan are effective on strengthen of the students’ academic identity because of higher means.